
John Dechant interviews journalists who reflect on their careers and the important new stories they covered. Guests explain their reporting methods, their best ledes, biggest gaffes, and the most outlandish covers they used to track down stories in the sometimes-hostile world of news reporting.
| Publishes | Infrequently | Episodes | 14 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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Author, educator and journalist Eileen Wirth grew up in a household where everyone loved to read (anything, even ketchup labels). Wirth recounts her early years as a pioneering woman of journalism, the value of one-on-one editing with... more
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David Krajicek emerged from a long line of bartenders and meatpackers to become a crime reporter and columnist for the tabloid-style New York Daily News. Krajicek explains what it was like covering the Gotti crime family, reporting on... more
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Investigative journalists and book collaborators Jeff Testerman and Daniel Freed discuss their new book, Call Me Commander: A Former Intelligence Officer and the Journalists Who Uncovered his Scheme to Fleece America. Testerman was wo... more
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Longtime newspaper cartoonist Tom Kerr recalls his early days cartooning in Australia, the adrenaline rush of a newsroom, chronicling the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, and some harsh days at the New York Post. He also expl... more
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